Female Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus), Lake Pukaki, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
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Female Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus bicinctus), Lake Pukaki, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Also known as Double-Banded Plover and as Pohowera in Maori. A threatened endemic native breeding species, with a small proportion of its population overwintering in Australia. The majority of the population breeds by braided rivers.